The 2014 Foxtel Cup was the fourth and final season of the

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knock-out competition involving clubs from the various state league competitions from around Australia. The Cup's purpose is to support and promote the second-tier

competitions and to provide another way of developing lower-tier

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(AFL) players. The format of the competition was as follows: * Nine teams competed. * With the exception of the pre-qualifying round, matches were played on Tuesday nights as stand alone games and be broadcast by

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. * The champions received $100,000 in prize money, and the runners-up received $40,000. The top two sides from Western Australia (East Perth and West Perth) joined Norwood and reigning Foxtel Cup champion West Adelaide from South Australia, Box Hill Hawks and Williamstown from Victoria, and Tasmanian representative Western Storm, as participants in the 2014 Foxtel Cup.

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qualifiers, Aspley and Belconnen, competed against each other in Round 1 of the 2014 NEAFL competition as a pre-qualifying round, with Aspley winning through to play Williamstown in round 1 of the Foxtel Cup. The selection of Western Storm, a club which was competing in the

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for the first time in 2014, as Tasmania's representative was controversial, but came as a result of the defending Tasmanian Football League premiers,

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, leaving the league. The majority of South Launceston's senior list shifted to Western Storm, so AFL Tasmania decided that the new club was a sufficiently close representation of the defending premiers to allow it to compete in the Foxtel Cup, rather than substituting the 2013 runners-up

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. The competition began in March 2014 and concluded with Williamstown winning their second Foxtel Cup championship by defeating West Perth in the

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on 22 July 2014. The Coles medal for best on ground in the Grand Final was awarded to Williamstown's Ben Davies. The coach of Williamstown was Andrew Collins, former 200+ game triple premiership player with Hawthorn, who interestingly had coached West Adelaide to the Foxtel Cup championship the year previous.

2014 season

Participating clubs

; NEAFL Eastern Conference (1) * Belconnen ; NEAFL Northern Conference (1) * Aspley ;

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(2) * Norwood * West Adelaide ; TFL (1) * Western Storm ;

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(2) * Box Hill * Williamstown ; WAFL (2) * East Perth * West Perth

Club details

Stadiums

Fixture

The AFL released the fixture on 29 November 2013.2014 Foxtel Cup Fixture

Bracket

Qualifying Round

Round 1

Semi-finals

Grand Final

References

External links

Official Foxtel Cup website

Official AFL Canberra website

AFL Northern Territory

AFL Queensland State Site

North East Australian Football League - official website

South Australian National Football League – official website

Tasmanian Football League Website

Victorian Football League – official website

Western Australian Football League – official website
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